Change the unit of measurement of PRISMAprepare from U.S. to Metric, or vice versa

You can change the measurement units PRISMAprepare came with. For a full change of the measurement units, you need to make changes in two locations:

1. Configure the regional settings in the operating system:

   PRISMAprepare uses the regional settings to configure, for example, the rulers in the preview.

   You can change the PRISMAprepare measurements from centimeters to inches, or vice versa.

2. Configure the default media properties in PRISMAprepare:

   You can change the default media properties from centimeters to inches and g/m2 to lbs, or vice versa.

Configure the regional settings

PRISMAprepare uses the regional settings to configure, for example, the rulers in the preview.

Configure the regional settings in the Control Panel of Windows. The click path can differ between versions of Windows:

1. Click 'Start' - 'Control Panel' - 'Region and Language'.

   For Windows Server 2012, select 'Clock, Language, and Region' - 'Region' - 'Change date, time, or number formats'.

2. Click the 'Additional settings...' button.

3. Set 'Measurement System' option to 'Metric' [mm] or 'U.S.' [inch].

Configure the default media properties

This setting defines which unit is used by default for the media size and the media weight.

1. Click [Tools] - [General options].

2. [System of measurement for media]

   Standard media sizes always use their own measurement units regardless of the chosen 'Measurement System' value. The size of A4 media is always in [mm], the size of Letter media is always in [inch].

   The media weight settings are not automatically available in the [Production] workspace. You have to close and open PRISMAprepare to load the media weight settings in the [Production] workspace.

   • [Default media size] and [Media weight]

     These settings define which units are used by default for the media size and the media weight.

     • [Metric (A4, A3, ...)]

       Use the metric system to define the media size [mm] and/or media weight [g/m²].

     • [Imperial (Letter, Ledger, ...)]

       Use the imperial system to define the media size [inch] and/or media weight [lb bond].

   • [Maximum media size]

     This settings defines the maximum size for media in the media catalog.

3. Click [OK].